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LONDON cheap nike air vapormax 2018 womens , Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Only 3.4 percent of Britain's most powerful and influential people are from black and minority ethnic groups, the Guardian newspaper reported Monday, citing an analysis highlighting startling inequality despite decades of British legislation to address discrimination.

From a list of just over 1,000 political, financial, judicial, cultural and security figures drawn up by the Guardian in partnership with Operations Black Vote and in consultation with academics nike air vapormax 2018 womens sale , only 36 were from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME).

The proportion of women from black and minority ethnic backgrounds on the list of Britain's most powerful people is 0.7 percent, representing a grand total of seven, said the newspaper.

The numbers betray a disconnection with the composition of the UK population, 12.9 percent of whom have an ethnic minority background. In some sectors -- the politics, the military, the supreme court and the security services nike air vapormax 2018 womens , as well as top consultancies and law firms -- there were no non-white people in position of leadership.

The analysis looked at the ethnicity of 1,049 people across 30 categories covering politics and the civil service, policing, defence and the judiciary, stock exchange companies and business, professional services including the heads of law, accountancy cheap nike air vapormax 2018 mens , advertising, consulting and publishing firms, arts bodies, the media, trade unions, top universities, sporting bodies nike air vapormax 2018 mens sale , and health and medical services.

"The results call into question the effectiveness of legislation such as the 2000 Race Relations Act and 2010 Equality Act," the newspaper added.

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ANKARA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Monday that Ankara will now only be in contact with the Iraqi central government on matters of oil, airports and borders after the Kurdish independence referendum in northern Iraq.

Speaking in a televised interview with local broadcaster CNN Turk, Yildirim said Ankara is evaluating steps regarding its border gates and air space in response to the Iraqi Kurdish referendum being held on Monday.

The prime minister said that the Turkish military drill ongoing near its Iraqi and Syrian border in the past week was regarded as precaution measures.

Iraqi forces will also join the military exercises near its border, he said, adding that Turkey are now working in coordination with Baghdad in the face of any "possibility nike air vapormax 2018 mens ," and would provide support to Baghdad if requested.

Yildirim noted that Turkey would "not go to war," but they were taking cross-border precautions on issues of importance to the country.

He stressed that the Kurdistan Regional Government's independence referendum is "illegitimate" and will be declared "null and void," warning that the move will only worsen the existing chaos and instability in the country.

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 14 (Xinhua) -- A football television commentator in Brazil has been arrested on racism charges after allegedly calling a player a monkey, according to media reports.

Lourival Santos, from the television channel Rede Massa cheap nike air vapormax 2018 , is accused of making the comments during a match between Londrina and Maringa in the Parana state league on Sunday.

The remark was in reference to a goal celebration by Londrina defender Maicon Silva, Brazilian news service O Globo reported.

Officer Clovis Galvao, from the Parana civil police, confirmed the offence to media. It is understood Santos was released after questioning.

Rede Massa released a statement on Monday "repudiating and condemning all and any act of racism".

"The commentator Lourival Santos has been removed from his activities (with the station)," the statement said.

Santos could not immediately be reached for comment.

Sunday's incident is the latest in a series of racism claims to hit Brazilian football.

Last month Brazil president Dilma Rousseff expressed her concern at the rise in reported race-based abuse on Twitter.

"It's inadmissible that Brazil, the country with the largest black population out of Africa, has racism issues nike air vapormax 2018 sale ," Rousseff said.

Rousseff has also vowed to make the anti-racism message a theme of this year's World Cup.

MAPUTO, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party confirmed on Thursday that the two former prime ministers, Luisa Diogo and Aires Ali, joined the race to become the party's candidate for the presidential election in October, amid the country's continued political skirmishes between the ruling party and the opposition parties since last year.

"The submissions are currently following the normal procedures for validation," the secretary of the party's disciplinary body, the Verification Commission nike air vapormax 2018 , Jose Pacheco said.